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No Fuss Weekly · 30 November 2026

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No. 3Monday

1SudokuMedium

29823416229732486341951875

Fill every empty square so that each row, each column and each 3×3 box holds the digits 1 to 9 once.

2Word search: Farm

IDGOATRGETCEUAEDILEHWHOCHPBEDHESIEKACPSELNRCTEYDNEAHYSKILRNCNSOWHEATSOHMNTIBNHSNICRFMRSDNESUSHRVOOIA
  • barn
  • chicken
  • duck
  • field
  • goat
  • hay
  • pig
  • stable
  • wheat

Find the nine words. They run across, down and diagonally, always forwards.

3Mini mystery

Case file

The Early Whistle

Amara, Chloe and Olu helped out at the club’s sports day. Each was in a different place, with one thing to look after.

  1. Olu did not have the clipboard.
  2. Chloe did not have the clipboard.
  3. The stopwatch was not in the stands.
  4. The stopwatch was not at the finish line.
  5. Olu was at the finish line.

A loud whistle in the stands stopped the race too soon, and the clipboard was next to it. Who was in the stands with the clipboard?

StandsSnack barFinish lineMegaphoneClipboardStopwatchAmaraChloeOluMegaphoneClipboardStopwatch

Each person was in one place with one thing, all different. Mark a dot for yes and a cross for no in the grid until only one answer fits.

Answer:

4Quiz: five questions

  1. Which of these is the longest?

    1. AChannel Tunnel
    2. BMarathon
    3. CPanama Canal

  2. Which of these came first?

    1. APont Neuf
    2. BRomeo and Juliet
    3. CTrajan’s Column
    4. DUniversity of Cambridge

  3. How far is it from Perth to Jakarta, in a straight line?

    1. AAbout 380 km
    2. BAbout 750 km
    3. CAbout 1,500 km
    4. DAbout 3,000 km

  4. Beijing is the capital of which country?

    1. AMongolia
    2. BJapan
    3. CChina
    4. DSouth Korea

  5. Which of these countries has the most people?

    1. AIran
    2. BSri Lanka
    3. CMadagascar
    4. DBolivia

Circle one letter for each. Answers and sources on page 2.

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No Fuss Weekly · 30 November 2026

Answers

No. 3Monday

1Sudoku

327194685958236741416785329263549178871362594549817236635928417792451863184673952

Bold digits were printed on the puzzle.

2Word search: Farm

IDGOATRGETCEUAEDILEHWHOCHPBEDHESIEKACPSELNRCTEYDNEAHYSKILRNCNSOWHEATSOHMNTIBNHSNICRFMRSDNESUSHRVOOIA

Each word is ringed and set in bold.

3Mini mystery

Solved

The Early Whistle

StandsSnack barFinish lineMegaphoneClipboardStopwatchAmaraChloeOluMegaphoneClipboardStopwatch

Amara was in the stands with the clipboard.

  • Amara: stands, clipboard
  • Chloe: snack bar, stopwatch
  • Olu: finish line, megaphone

4Quiz

  1. C · Panama Canal: 82 km; Channel Tunnel: 50.5 km; Marathon: 42.2 km

    Size Duel. Sources: snl.no, wikidata.org, worldathletics.org, lex.dk

  2. C · Trajan’s Column: 113 CE, dedicated; University of Cambridge: 1209, founded; Romeo and Juliet: 1597, first published; Pont Neuf: 1607, completed

    Older Than. Sources: paris.fr, afgc.asso.fr, snl.no, lex.dk, wikidata.org, museogalileo.it, trajans-column.org, enciklopedija.hr

  3. D · 3,000 km (to the nearest 10 km)

    Ballpark. Sources: naturalearthdata.com, wikidata.org

  4. C · Beijing is the capital of China.

    Atlas Play Capitals. Sources: wikidata.org, naturalearthdata.com

  5. A · Iran: 92.4 million people (2025); Madagascar: 32.7 million people (2025); Sri Lanka: 21.8 million people (2025); Bolivia: 12.6 million people (2025)

    Population Duel. Sources: wikidata.org, data.worldbank.org

Sudoku and word search made with the Puzzle Desk engines; quiz facts from Size Duel, Older Than, Population Duel, Further North?, Ballpark and Atlas Play, each checked against the sources listed. Mystery written and checked by our puzzle generator: exactly one answer.